Category Archives: computers

I received a review request from BudgetGadgets for a laptop cooler aptly named the Super Mini Notebook Fan. Coincidentally, I was in the market for a cooler for my MacBook, which gets uncomfortably hot towards the battery area. Conveniently, it arrived last week. Off the bat, the Super Mini Notebook Fan costs a mere $7.08 USD. How good can a less than $10 laptop cooler be? Read the brief review after the jump.

Don’t you just hate it when you leave your flash drive with sensitive data at your friend’s house? Do you wish your flash drive had a ‘self-erase’ mode? No worries. Fujitsu has developed the Secure USB Memory Drive that works just like any ordinary flash drive, but this one will automatically erase itself after a preset amount of time. The Secure USB Memory Drive also has a feature called, “File Redirect”, which can block access to the file contents (or erase itself) if it is connected to an unauthorized computer.

To continue Hello Kitty’s path to world domination, Sanrio has teamed up with NEC to produce a laptop known as the NEC LaVie G Hello Kitty Courrèges. Covered in pink, the Hello Kitty laptop was designed with the help of French fashion designer, Courrèges. Not surprisingly, the NEC LaVie G Hello Kitty Courrèges Laptop is mainly targeted towards the ladies.

Samsung is set to release the eco-friendly MV100 Tower and MZ100 Slim Tower desktop PCs to ‘green’ computer users worldwide. So, what makes the MV100 and MZ100 so environmental friendly? They only use 1 Watt of power in stand-by mode and 60 Watts in power saving mode. Spec-wise, the desktops will come equipped with an Intel G43 chipset and will come with either a GeForce 9600GT 512MB of VRAM, or the 9500GS with 512MB of VRAM. Nothing mind blowing, but slightly above average. More pics after the jump.

Sony is not new to the all-in-one PC market. They’ve been selling the VAIO VGC-LT series for quite some time now. However, inevitably, the LT series are now being replaced by the JS1 series. The sleek and elegant designed Sony VAIO JS1 features a 20.1-inch LCD panel (1680 x 1050), Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, DVD/Blu-ray drive, integrated Intel GMA X4500HD graphics, and built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n.

Do you find typing on your Smartphone or PDA (do these still exist?) a pain in the butt? Check out the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard manufactured by i-Tech. Basically, the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard projects a full-sized virtual QWERTY keyboard on any flat surface, allowing you to tap the ‘virtual keys’ as if you were using a real physical keyboard. For feedback, a clicking sound is emitted from the device with each virtual key stroke. Video after the jump.